Curtea Veche (Courtea Veche) description and photos - Romania: Bucharest (Topic)

Curtea Veche description and photos - Romania: Bucharest. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Curtea Veche.

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Kurtya Veke is a fortress, the residence of the princes of Wallachia. In the middle of the 15th century, Vlad III Tepes built it on the site of the former military fortifications erected a century earlier. It is in this fortress that an official document is signed on September 20, 1459, which is considered the birth certificate of Bucharest.

A century later, the ruler Mircea Chobanul builds in the fortress the Church of St. Anthony and the Annunciation - a temple in which the rulers of Romania were later crowned. Today it is the oldest church in Bucharest. Each of the princes contributed to the expansion and improvement of Kurtya-Veche. The most significant changes date back to the 18th century, when the fortress expanded. On behalf of the ruler Alexander Ypsilanti, another palace is being built - for the governor. And Kurtya-Veke has one more name - Prince or Old Court. However, by the end of the same century, the territory of the palace and the fortress was sold out and the history of Kurtea-Veche ends.

Contemporaries received this monument thanks to archaeological excavations of 1967-1972. The remains of the residence are now an open-air museum. For the people of Romania, this place is part of history. For our contemporaries, Kurtya-Veke is interesting to a large extent because it was erected by the ruler of Wallachia Vlad Tepes, the prototype of Dracula - a character in literary works and films.

St. Anthony's Church deserves special attention - the only well-preserved building. Ornamental masonry of multi-colored bricks and stone carvings from the 16th century still adorn this functioning Orthodox church.

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